Pipe-supporting attachment



Jan. 12 1926. 1,569,279

' w. R. HOFFMANN PIPE SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT Filed April 9, 1925 jwumahw llllof marnl /5 a I l Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,569,279 PATENT iorricE.

WILLIAM R. HOFFMANN, or onneoitnrssonm.

Firs-SUPPORT NG armoirnan'r.

Application filed April 9, 1925. Serial No. 21,904;

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM RI Horriii-ANN, a citizen of. the United States, residing at Oregon, the county of Holt and State of li Iissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PipeSupport- Iiii'g Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the atgeinpan in drawings.

This invention relates to devices for supl ebrting pipes, and the object of the inven-' tion is to provide a very simple and inex pensive attachment adapted tobe applied to any ordinary term of smoking pipe to. prevent thepip'e, when not in use and placed on a flat surface. from falling or tipping over and thus spilling the tobacco or ashes on the table or burning up the table cover.

A t urthe'r and more specific object is to provlde adevice of this characterwhich is resiliently contractible about the stem or a portion of the bowl of the pipe and which will permit the device to be used with pipes having lar er or smaller stems or bits.

A still iurther object is to provide a de vice of this character which consists of a hand of resilient metal preferably coiled to a greater or less extent so as to embrace the stem of the pipe, and so formed as to provide a flat base upon which the pipe will rest and be supported from any tipping movement.

h'I'y invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of a pipe having a holder applied to the stem thereof in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one form of the holder;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of a modified form of the holder shown in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of another modification oi the holder;

Figure 5 is a j'lGl'SlJGL'i'lVB view o'li a modilied form of the construction shown in Fig- :ures 2 and 3;

F igure 6 shows a holder applied to a straight pipe.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that I have illustrated a pipe supportcomposed of a strip of resilient sheet metal which is bent so as {to form a base and a portion embracing o-r-surrounding the stem of the pipe or ,the bitgztihereot. In Figure 2, the device com-prises a-strip 10 which at one .end is tarn red to proxgide a flat portion 11 adapted to rest flat upon a table or other support. At the extremity of this flat portion the metal strip is re-bent, as at 12, and

extends preferably for a distance parallel to the portion 11, as at 13, and then is curved around, as at 14, to form a circular band, the free end of which approximates the upper face of the portion 13, this free end preferably being formed in a bit 15 extending beyond the body of the strip so as to;

form a means whereby the strip may be readily opened.

In a device of this character, the bot y 1% is contractible and expansible and as a consequence may be bent to receive the stem or bit of a pipe and then the resilience of the material will cause it to close and grip the pipe stem. Under these circumstances the device will act to support the pipe from any tipping movement by means of the base In Figure 3, I illustrate another form which is of exactly the same principle as the first named form except that the body 14 instead of being formed as a simple circle is carried around one or more times in a spiral manner.

In this figure, 10 designates the strip, 11 the base, 12 the fold, 13*" the flat portion overlying the base, 1 1 the body, this body being formed by bending the strip around so as to form an outer band, and an inner spiral continuation 16, this spiral continuation at its free extremity being formed with a transverse bead 15 in the manner heretofore described. In this form of the device, the body may be opened up so as to permit the ready insertion of the bit or stem of a pipe and when released the body will resiliently close upon the pipe, thus holding the support or foot in position upon the pipe.

In Figure 4, I illustrate another form which is preferably made of wire, though it might be made of a strip of resilient material, and the wire is bent so as to provide a pipe stem embracing portion 17, the ends of the wire crossing each other so as to provide two laterally extending portions 18 which constitute a base. In this construction also it will be seen that I have pro vided a resiliently contractible and expansible pipe stem embracing portion and a base from which the pipe stem embracing portion rises. This device is adapted to be applied to any size pipe and either upon the bit thereof or that portion of the stern extending from the bowl and will support the pipe from tipping.

Obviously these devices may have an ornamental character and be made of a large variety of different materials. Obviously also slight modifications might be made Without departing from the spirit of the invention. Thus, for instance, in Figure 5 I have illustrated the construction shown in Figure 2 but Without the transverse bead 15. Inasmuch as the construction in Figure 5 is the same as that in Figure 2, the same reference numerals have been used, and While I have shown in Figure 1 this device applied to a curved pipe, in Figure 6 I have illustrated it as applied to a straight pipe.

I claim 1. A pipe support of the character described comprising a strip of resilient material bent to form a fiat base, and a resiliently contractible pipe stein embracingring disposed in the same plane With the base, the base extending transversely of the axis of the ring.

2. A'pipe support of the character described comprising 'a strip of resilient material bent to form a flat base, the material then being re-entrantly bent upon the flat base and extended to form a resiliently contractible pipe stem embracing portion.

3. A pipe support of the character described comprising a strip of resilient metal bent to form a flat base, then re-entrantly bent upon the flat base and curved to form a resiliently contractible pipe stem embracing portion the free end of the pipe stem embracing portion being extended spirally and formed at its extremity With a transversely extending bead projecting beyond the strip whereby the stem embracing portion of the strip may be expanded.

l. A holder for pipes formed of a narrow strip of relatively thin resilient material bent to provide a base and then bent spirally to form a resiliently contractible pipe stem embracing portion, the free end of the strip being formed to provide a head, the bead-extending transversely beyond the side edges of the body of the strip.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

XVILLIAM R. HOFFMANN. 

